Question

冗 superfluous, uselessness 1 1782 4 14 わかんむり 会意 Compound Ideographic The king´s crown was blown off by the wind. "Oh well," he said, "it´s just a superfluous symbol.".

Accepted Answer

ジョウ 冗談(じょうだん): jest; joke; funny story S 冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16) 冖 2 (none) superfluous The court jester wears a crown and is full of wind with bad jokes. He is superfluous to the King´s court. This kanji is read as "JOU" and commonly used to create the compound for jou-dan 冗談 (jest or joke) hence court jester. Also jou-go 冗語 (redundancy) and jou-in 冗員 (useless workers) 員-employee (#56).

Kanji	冗
Onyomi	ジョウ
English	superfluous, uselessness
Examples	冗談(じょうだん): jest; joke; funny story
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1782
Components	冖: wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14) 几: table; table enclosure; table or windy radical (no. 16)
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	冖
Radical Number	14
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	わかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	superfluous
Koohii Story 1	The king´s crown was blown off by the wind. "Oh well," he said, "it´s just a superfluous symbol.".
Koohii Story 2	The court jester wears a crown and is full of wind with bad jokes. He is superfluous to the King´s court. This kanji is read as "JOU" and commonly used to create the compound for jou-dan 冗談 (jest or joke) hence court jester. Also jou-go 冗語 (redundancy) and jou-in 冗員 (useless workers) 員-employee (#56).

Crown Superfluous Radical Table Compound King´S Court 冗